While up north this weekend, we took the bikes out to Glenbervie Forest, near Whangarei. I’ve been here many times over the years, but not recently. Turns out things have changed a little. Arriving at the carpark, I wondered why there…

For the last day of my summer holidays, we went mountain biking at Waitawa, about 50km south-east of Auckland. This is a new regional park in the Auckland area, that only opened in 2014. For the last 50 years Waitawa operated…

When I married Anna, I also married Samson, her Bernese Mountain Dog. It didn’t take long before he decided that he was actually my dog. It’s just as well Samson liked me. I don’t think Anna would have married me…

We headed up the East Coast of the South Island for our last week. From Central Otago we went to Christchurch via Timaru, then on to Hanmer Springs, Blenheim, and back to Picton for the ferry home. Christchurch I had…

The most anticipated ride of our summer trip was the West Coast Wilderness Trail. The trail runs from Greymouth to Ross along the West Coast of South Island of New Zealand. It only officially “opened” in late 2013, but it still…

New Zealand has been building many kilometres of bike trails over the last few years, and some of them look pretty spectacular. So rather than travel to an exotic foreign destination, we decided to stay in New Zealand this summer,…

Its Easter Sunday and one asks themselves “what shall we do when all the stores in Auckland are closed and half the city has left town for a relaxing four day weekend?” We’d already agreed to head out for a…

“I’m never drinking again” usually follows this statement, but this year was different much to the surprise of my beloved. You see, he’s now been around for a few events that I’ve put together, and they usually take a lot…

You may noticed the new headline – this site is now for northlandboy and his girl. You can now reach the site via northlandboyandhisgirl.com. Links to northlandboy.com will still work. That’s because it’s no longer appropriate for the site to just…